Trail Tales

Tales from the trails. Stories and articles about life in and around the trail from the people who have lived it.​

We Walked Off To Look For Am-er-i-ca - February 5th, 2014Written by Dan "Mellow Yellow" Klein"We were all in the midst of our own journey -- a search for America. But in doing so, we were also clearing a path for further discover of America by her own citizens. For the people, by the people!"

The Long Distance Hiker - April 17, 2013Written by Dan "Mellow Yellow" Klein"...the big picture is one of a loose knit gang of wild and raucous men and women who couldn’t sit still. Who couldn’t climb just one mountain without yearning to discover what the view from the next was like."

Tiny Hooves Travel At Night - April 8, 2013Words and photographs by "WeeBee" Aschenbrenner"It's not often that I set my alarm clock for 11:25 PM, but that is what I did on June 14th. It was 6 in the evening and I was snuggling into my sleeping bag near the ranger station at Crabtree Meadow at the base of Mt. Whitney, the tallest peak in the Lower 48 states."